When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

Writing feels safer somehow. I can catch myself before I say the wrong thing.

Go look in the mirror and have a talk with your real boss

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public funds to pay for their infrastructures and other common needs.

I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie, ' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

I'm a huge fan of just keeping a healthy lifestyle. For your body but for your mind, also.

Each of us have a gift, you see, given us freely by the universe. And each of us with every breath gives something back

Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to bloom.

This, my children," Alistair said proudly, "was barbecue pork." Dan rapped his fingers against the latch. "Been out in the sun for a long time.

I'm a downer. I've been depressed my whole life. Figure it out.